It’s time for another installment of our marvelous, midweek makeovers … D.I.Y. Wednesday! Today, Erin shows us how to repurpose an expired agenda and make it a playful string of decoration to punch up the color in any space.

Circle Garland

What you’ll need:
A Vera Bradley paper item (we used a divider from the same Student Agenda used here), a bone folder (optional), glue stick, string or ribbon, a pen or pencil, scissors or a large circle craft puncher, and a round object for tracing (we used a Vera Bradley Pencil Sharpener)

1. Use your pen or pencil, and small round object to trace circles onto the leftover paper.

2. Cut out the circles and arrange them in groups of three. (We found a large round craft puncher came in handy.)

3. Fold each circle in half – use a bone folder if you have one.

4. Use a glue stick to put glue on the edges of the backsides of the circles. Avoid the crease so that you can arrange the distance of your circles later. Stick the glued side of two circles together, then place the string along the crease before adding the final glued circle.

5. After you add the third circle, the string should be where the creases meet.

6. Repeat with the rest of your circles.

7. Drape and decorate.

Bonus D.I.Y.!

Cut two extra circles for a cute little gift tag.

Come back each Wednesday for more of Erin’s eco-friendly D.I.Y. designs.

I love DIY Wednesday! I anticipate it every week. I have a new DIY for you! My girl scout troop leader went to the Vera Bradley outlet and bought a bunch of the cloth napkins. We took clear glass bowls and traced the edge on the napkin and cut it out then glued the circle of cloth to the bottom of the plate with decoupage (I think that’s how you spell it) medium glue and viola! A Vera Bradley plate. You can also do it with clear bowls and platters!

This is so cute! Definitely a good idea for christmas next year! I use VB napkins and sew them together to make a wall hanging, then use push pins to attach it to the wall. It is a great way to spice up those plain college dorm walls!